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Oceanus

Noun CEFR B1
oʊˈsiːənəs

Definitions

Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.

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Equivalents

Españolocéano
Françaisocéan
DeutschOkeanos
16 more languages
Българскиокеан
Ελληνικάωκεανός
Esperantooceano
Galegoocéano
Հայերենօվկիանոս
Italianooceano
LatinaOceanus
Македонскиокеан
PolskiOkeanos
Portuguêsoceano
Русскийокеан
Српскиoceanокеан

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